Life

John Avagianos was born in 1947 in the village of Mesagro on the island of Lesbos in the northern Aegean Sea. John studied at and graduated from the Theological Faculty of the University of Athens. He entered the Holy Orders when he was ordained a deacon in 1973, receiving the name Chrysostomos. In 1977, Dcn. Chrysostomos was ordained to the priesthood.

Father Chrysostomos served as a preacher with the Metropolises of Florina and Mytilene before he was assigned to serve the Archdiocese of Athens. He also served as chaplain, director of the boarding school, and teacher of the Rizario Church School, a higher ecclesiastical school in Athens. [1]